The Tear Garden was formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and… Read Full Bio ↴The Tear Garden was formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985, after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel. Various other "guests" from Skinny Puppy and the Pink Dots appear on future albums The band released EPs in 1985 and 1986, combined on 1987's full length, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. Their debut was their most electronic and mixed together the psychedelic, experimental, and industrial sounds each band was known for. Later albums veer more into the space rock style of the Pink Dots. Their most recent release from 2002, Eye Spy with my Little Eye, is a collection of out-takes from the mid-80s period.
An excerpt from a Nettwerk Records press release, July 1996:
The roots of The Tear Garden extend back to 1983 when Cevin Key, on the verge of forming Skinny Puppy, struck up a trans-Atlantic correspondence with Edward Ka-Spel, the lead vocalist and driving force behind The Legendary Pink Dots. Three years later, Ka-Spel visited Vancouver for a series of three live performances with Key as sound technician, and during his visit, they recorded The Tear Garden's self-titled debut EP.
In 1987, Ka-Spel returned to open for Skinny Puppy on their North American tour, after which the duo retreated to the studio for two weeks to produce the now classic electronic-psychedelic album, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. It was during these sessions that the project's ranks began to expand, with guest appearances by Key's fellow Puppies Dwayne Goettel and Nivek Ogre.
Four years later, the Garden bloomed again, this time growing well beyond the Key/Ka-Spel partnership to include not only Goettel, but a wide assortment of friends, including most of the Pink Dots. This fruitful month-long collaboration spawned two releases: an album called The Last Man To Fly, and a (very long) EP called Sheila Liked The Rodeo.
Another four years passed. Four years that saw literal and figurative deaths (the departure of both Skinny Puppy and LPD from their long-time labels; the subsequent break-up of SP; the tragic passing of Dwayne Goettel) and births (Edward's son, Calyxx; Download; Key's return to Nettwerk).
In late December, 1995, in the midst of this turbulence, The Tear Garden gathered once more, perhaps to attempt to trigger the dawn of a tranquil new era. The result was To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide, an album of fragile and powerful beauty that digs even deeper into the psychedelic underground than its predecessors, adding a range of influences from dub bass to country slide guitar, all the while retaining the dark electronic melancholy that has become the project's signature.
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Four more years passed. Tear Garden got back together in 1999 and in 2000, Crystal Mass was released. In 2001, a "best of" collection was issued by the Russian label Brudenia, Для Тех, Ҡто Прогулялся Бьі С Богами (which translates to "For Those Who Would Walk with the Gods") as well as an "outtakes" collection released by Cevin Key's Subconscious Communications label, Eye Spy with My Little Eye.
2007 saw the release of The Secret Experiment, once again on Subconscious Communications. This is from the "Vault 2" series but features new music.
Currently, Edward and cEvin wrapped up their sessions of 13 tracks, compiled into a brand new upcoming TG release, available through Subcon.
Discography
* Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987)
* Last Man to Fly (1992)
* Sheila Liked The Rodeo (1993)
* Bouquet of Black Orchids (1993)
* To Be an Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide (1996)
* Crystal Mass (2000)
* Eye Spy With My Little Eye (2002)
* The Secret Experiment (2007)
http://brainwashed.com/teargarden/
An excerpt from a Nettwerk Records press release, July 1996:
The roots of The Tear Garden extend back to 1983 when Cevin Key, on the verge of forming Skinny Puppy, struck up a trans-Atlantic correspondence with Edward Ka-Spel, the lead vocalist and driving force behind The Legendary Pink Dots. Three years later, Ka-Spel visited Vancouver for a series of three live performances with Key as sound technician, and during his visit, they recorded The Tear Garden's self-titled debut EP.
In 1987, Ka-Spel returned to open for Skinny Puppy on their North American tour, after which the duo retreated to the studio for two weeks to produce the now classic electronic-psychedelic album, Tired Eyes Slowly Burning. It was during these sessions that the project's ranks began to expand, with guest appearances by Key's fellow Puppies Dwayne Goettel and Nivek Ogre.
Four years later, the Garden bloomed again, this time growing well beyond the Key/Ka-Spel partnership to include not only Goettel, but a wide assortment of friends, including most of the Pink Dots. This fruitful month-long collaboration spawned two releases: an album called The Last Man To Fly, and a (very long) EP called Sheila Liked The Rodeo.
Another four years passed. Four years that saw literal and figurative deaths (the departure of both Skinny Puppy and LPD from their long-time labels; the subsequent break-up of SP; the tragic passing of Dwayne Goettel) and births (Edward's son, Calyxx; Download; Key's return to Nettwerk).
In late December, 1995, in the midst of this turbulence, The Tear Garden gathered once more, perhaps to attempt to trigger the dawn of a tranquil new era. The result was To Be An Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide, an album of fragile and powerful beauty that digs even deeper into the psychedelic underground than its predecessors, adding a range of influences from dub bass to country slide guitar, all the while retaining the dark electronic melancholy that has become the project's signature.
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Four more years passed. Tear Garden got back together in 1999 and in 2000, Crystal Mass was released. In 2001, a "best of" collection was issued by the Russian label Brudenia, Для Тех, Ҡто Прогулялся Бьі С Богами (which translates to "For Those Who Would Walk with the Gods") as well as an "outtakes" collection released by Cevin Key's Subconscious Communications label, Eye Spy with My Little Eye.
2007 saw the release of The Secret Experiment, once again on Subconscious Communications. This is from the "Vault 2" series but features new music.
Currently, Edward and cEvin wrapped up their sessions of 13 tracks, compiled into a brand new upcoming TG release, available through Subcon.
Discography
* Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987)
* Last Man to Fly (1992)
* Sheila Liked The Rodeo (1993)
* Bouquet of Black Orchids (1993)
* To Be an Angel Blind, The Crippled Soul Divide (1996)
* Crystal Mass (2000)
* Eye Spy With My Little Eye (2002)
* The Secret Experiment (2007)
http://brainwashed.com/teargarden/
Strange Land
The Tear Garden Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Strange Land' by these artists:
88Rising Here for the nosedive Whatever you need And I'm savin' all t…
b.u.i.l.t. Stranger Stranger in a strange land He looked at me like I W…
Box Of Frogs Ooh ooh People running where they running to? Strangers com…
Charlie Musselwhite Nobody knows me nobody knows me, nobody know who I…
Clannad Try to tell a knight in gold (Hard to tell your…
Donald Lawrence & Co. Feat. Keith Staten And Jason Nelson Ooo ooo How can we sing when we're in a strange…
Donald Lawrence & Company feat. Keith Staten & Jason Nelson Ooo ooo How can we sing when we're in a strange…
Donald Lawrence & Company featuring Keith Staten and Jason Nelson Ooo ooo How can we sing when we're in a strange…
Hallowed Hearts Give me your time, drag yourself away I pulled myself from…
Niki Here for the nosedive Whatever you need And I'm savin' all t…
Subhumans Washed up on the beaches What history teaches We hold out a…
Versio Curs She says, "Do you want me to sing your name And…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Tear Garden:
A Bitter Pill Heard you on the radio The morning show was stuck between …
A Ship Named Stowaway, starless Washed down by an uncaring tide Thrown aw…
Ascension Day I tried to find some silence in this shallow space. I…
Castaway Raised by wolves abandoned Forced to stalk you Haunt your …
Circles in the Sand Dehydrated Slightly decomposed A wishing stone thrown hopele…
Coma He'd seen her twice but not forgotten. She'd dabbed his…
Crying from Outside This beating heart is yours to break. Take your sacrifical …
Cyberspider Now the ceremony's started And the prosecution rests We're…
Déjà Vu It was a cold November evening and I should have…
Desert Island Disc Can you recall that little boy with blood-red hair He'd kic…
Do It Yourself from A-Z Part 2 They figured me a dead motherfucker Calling me James Spleen …
Dr. Chang's Tummy Rub (Backwards): Treat him well for deep inside the prince of…
Empathy With the Devil My flavour is the stuff of locusts Hot chili firebrand Spurt…
Feathered Friends Smoky Joe's done firing, no use hosing the remains Now we'v…
Her Majesty's Trusted Food Taster This one's frivolous, it's laughing Laughing loudly on my t…
Hopeful What if the demons are dying But fighting as they fade Wha…
Hyperform Snakebite spitting spiders eyes They swallowed up the night …
In Search of My Rose I found you crying outside on the wall of Devil's…
Isis Veiled They're closing in, I switched the pictures Painted all the …
Judgement Hour I've got my eyes fixed on your picture This finger's pressi…
Last Post I'd like to think of angels We discussed a happy end A…
Love Notes & Carnations I sit and watch your silhouette, I wonder what you're doing…
Malice Through the Looking Glass Snowblind I can't find my way back because my tracks move…
My Thorny Thorny Crown A trip to the insanium in chains They ripped his cranium San…
New Eden My splintered stoned Medusa Lies in places by the mirror. S…
Oo Ee Oo Somewhere in the desert there's a hole, where the water's…
Ophelia Crawling through the minefield We never saw the signs The …
Perforated Man This is our dear lord at heaven's gate See the wings…
Phoenix Hit "rewind". You sit surrounded by a frame, your laugh…
Psycho 9 I took my customary stroll In the mid-day sun Got my devil…
Romulus and Venus Everything you gave me lies within a trunk, within a…
Room With a View The hunter lines his trophies up across his wall, beneath…
Sheila Liked the Rodeo Sheila liked the rodeo She'd take a ringside seat She'd mu…
Six of One Take me to the other side Take me on a joyride…
Sybil the Spider Consumes Himself "Whose side are you on?" Said the spider to the bird "Do…
Tear Garden Our lady on the balcony in black and red The band…
The Bomb Bomb Loopapa Tribe Drown Themselves in a Vat of Marmite Anything's O.K. You want the moon Don't get the wrong idea…
The Center Bullet Dead shot through the temple In the temple heard the preach…
The Double Spades Effect Don't try to bluff I'm wearing these shades I anticipate t…
The Great Lie What if they made it all up Four guys, two thousand…
The Running Man Me - I have my cross to bear It's twisted flying…
The Train To China Bikini girls and hunks are showing us the joys of…
Things That Go Bump in the Night Synchronize your watches Cos the party's just begun He hol…
To Mourn the Death of Colour Been here long enough now, I'm fighting the effect Through …
Turn Me On Dead Man I snared you in a photograph I trapped you on a…
Valium Sometimes he was playful and he'd roll a ball -…
We the People The revolution came and they blew it. They made a hole…
White Coats and Haloes Watch your step! They're all out spying Catch your breath …
With Wings The crippled soul divides and the scars of years fly…
You & Me & Rainbows You're number eight. Your name is Jane, with black hair,…
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KD Photos
Gorgeous song! Love it.
jason wittmer
Ive been watching and appreciating your videos for years. Thanks Virgil.
Tomasz Wróbel
Bardzo dobry kawałek
ScentAir Records
Love it
Hypnos Rêveur
<3 love this
3r1c 4Ldr1cH
OMG ive been waiting for so long to hear this album :-) finally here is a song from it. Just wish I could have bought the autograph set... but no extra cash..
Alan Furlong
Agreed, its the music that matter. But if you're gonna offer a signed album, sign the album, not stickers.
DJ PIGG
MetropolisRecords Yeah, but Edward went to LA for the listening party so...
Lesson learnt. Signatures aren't the be all and end all. It's the music that counts and this album is great!
nothing dotdlmsc
i take very good care of the albums in my huge LPD/kaspel collection that are signed. still hard to keep up with all the new albums as usual but remain the albums i want vs. just finding online
DJ PIGG
I wouldn't be too upset. Edward and cEvin signed a set of stickers that they sent out with every 'signed cd' or 'signed and numbered poster'. I don't regret investing in such a beautiful album (it really is!) but the 'signed' aspect of the deal has been soured for me.